TY - JOUR AU - Fleming, Joan AB - Abstract PSYCHOTHERAPY is a special kind of experience in which two people communicate with each other in a special way. It is a two-way communication designed to help one of them understand himself better and so be able to modify his behavior and achieve better comfort and health. The skills required to accomplish this goal belong to the skills of interpersonal communication. Fromm-Reichmann, in her book, the Principles of Intensive Psythotherapy,1 has emphasized this philosophy of psychotherapy as a "clarification of the patient's difficulties with his fellowmen through observation and investigation of the vicissitudes of the mutual inter-relationship between doctor and patient." This statement stresses two important principles of psychotherapy which differentiate it from other therapeutic methods such as those depending primarily on drugs, shock, or environmental manipulation. The first emphasizes the therapeutic objective of self-understanding. It is based on the assumption that if References 1. Fromm-Reichmann, F.: Principles of Intensive Psychotherapy , Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1950. 2. Kubie, L.: Research Into the Process of Supervision in Psychoanalysis , Psychiat Quart 27:226-236, 1958. 3. Arlow, J.A.: The Supervisory Situation , J Amer Psychoanal Assoc 11:576-594, 1963.Crossref 4. Fleming, J., and Hamburg, D.A.: An Analysis of Methods for Teaching Psychotherapy With Description of a New Approach , Arch Neurol Psychiat 79:179-200, 1958.Crossref 5. Fleming, J., and Benedek, T.: Psychoanalytic Supervision: A Method of Clinical Teaching , New York: Grune & Stratton Inc., 1966. 6. Mosel, J.N.: The Learning Process , J Med Educ 39:485-496, 1964. 7. Tyler, R.W.: Building a Social Work Curriculum: Report of the National Curriculum Workshop . New York: Council on Social Work Education, 1960. TI - Teaching the Basic Skills of Psychotherapy JF - Archives of General Psychiatry DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1967.01730220028005 DA - 1967-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/teaching-the-basic-skills-of-psychotherapy-2X9tDTPHwc SP - 416 EP - 426 VL - 16 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -